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    history of penicillin follows observations and discoveries of evidence of antibiotic activity of the mould Penicillium that led to the development of...
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    The discovery of penicillin was one of the most important scientific discoveries in the history of medicine. Ancient societies used moulds to treat infections...
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    Penicillins (P, PCN or PEN) are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from Penicillium moulds, principally P. chrysogenum and P. rubens....
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    Phenoxymethylpenicillin, also known as penicillin V (PcV) and penicillin VK, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. Specifically...
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    recommended in those with a history of penicillin allergy. Use during pregnancy is generally safe in the penicillin and β-lactam class of medications. Benzylpenicillin...
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    Alexander Fleming (category Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh)
    antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin. His discovery in 1928 of what was later named benzylpenicillin (or penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium...
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    benzylpenicillin, also known as benzathine penicillin G (BPG), is an antibiotic medication useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. Specifically...
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    contain a beta-lactam ring in their chemical structure. This includes penicillin derivatives (penams), cephalosporins and cephamycins (cephems), monobactams...
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  • Procaine benzylpenicillin also known as penicillin G procaine, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. Specifically...
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  • Antistaphylococcal penicillins are a chemical compound. They are a class of Beta lactam antibiotics used to treat infections caused by bacteria. Penicillin resistance...
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    refrigerated prior to eating. Bellis, Mary (30 June 2017). "The History of Penicillin: Alexander Fleming, John Sheehan, Andrew J Moyer". ThoughtCo. Archived...
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  • The side effects of penicillin are bodily responses to penicillin and closely related antibiotics that do not relate directly to its effect on bacteria...
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    The Penicillin is an IBA official cocktail made with Scotch whisky, ginger, honey syrup, and fresh lemon juice. The drink was created in 2005 by Australian...
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    Howard Florey (category Australian members of the Order of Merit)
    development of penicillin. Although Fleming received most of the credit for the discovery of penicillin, it was Florey and his team at the University of Oxford...
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  • Penicillin on Wax is the debut studio album by American New York-based rapper Tim Dog. It was released on November 12, 1991 via Ruffhouse Records. Production...
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  • Penicillin (stylized as PENICILLIN) is a Japanese visual kei alternative rock band, formed in Tokyo in 1992. Formed by friends at Tokai University in Tokyo...
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    (GBS). Although penicillin and ampicillin are the standard of care for GBS prophylaxis, penicillin-allergic women with no history of anaphylaxis can be...
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    " Fermentation-based processes generated products of ever-growing utility. In the 1940s, penicillin was the most dramatic. While it was discovered in...
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    against microbes, but in the usual medical usage, antibiotics (such as penicillin) are those produced naturally (by one microorganism fighting another)...
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    Flucloxacillin (category Penicillins)
    be used in those who are allergic to penicillin. It is a narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class. It is similar in effect to cloxacillin...
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    Penicillium rubens (category Penicillins)
    Penicillium rubens is a species of fungus in the genus Penicillium and was the first species known to produce the antibiotic penicillin. It was first described...
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    known for the discovery of penicillin and lysozyme. Gerty Cori (1896–1957) known for their discovery of the catalytic conversion of glycogen and first woman...
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    Chicken soup is also known as "Jewish penicillin", either as ersatz penicillin, or as alternative to penicillin. Many Chinese soups are based on chicken...
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  • rates of STIs in this population began to rise, reaching the highest levels since World War I. One explanation is that the success of newer penicillin treatments...
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    1910 by Sahachiro Hata in the laboratory of Paul Ehrlich. It was followed by the introduction of penicillin in 1943. Many well-known figures, including...
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    discovered penicillin producing strain is of a distinct species, P. rubens, and not of P. notatum. It has rarely been reported as a cause of human disease...
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    throat is present the antibiotic penicillin by mouth is generally recommended. In those who are allergic to penicillin, cephalosporins or macrolides may...
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    Syphilis (redirect from Stages of syphilis)
    dramatically with the availability of penicillin in the 1940s, rates of infection have increased since the turn of the millennium in many countries, often...
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    [citation needed] The antibiotic may be used for patients who are allergic to penicillin due to the different β-lactam antibiotic structure. The drug is able to...
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    for all diabetics. Alexander Fleming developed the first antibiotic, penicillin, after discovering a fungus that was able to kill off bacteria. The first...
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